Dilmun Burial Mounds

Welcome to the overwhelming spectacle created by countless stone mounds stretching endlessly across the desolate desert plains of western Bahrain Island. This extraordinary location you are viewing today is the Dilmun Burial…

The fact that thousands of graves built in the form of stone towers on a dry gravel field thousands of years ago form a vast field of hills today is truly astonishing. Look at the low stone hills lined up side by side in front of…

The fact that exquisite ivory fragments, ostrich eggshells, and ancient cuneiform inscriptions were discovered inside this desolate grave in eighteen eighty nine was a shocking anecdote that shook the global archaeological…

The fact that this royal mound, which appears like an ordinary heap of earth, was originally a grand two storeyed sepulchral tower rising majestically like an ancient Mesopotamian ziggurat evokes immense admiration. Look up at…

The fact that more than one hundred forty skeletons were discovered all at once inside a single tomb, breaking the firm five thousand year Dilmun tradition of devoutly enshrining only one individual, came as a tremendous shock to…

The fact that modern residents hang laundry and live their daily lives right next to the ancient city cemetery from thousands of years ago is a highly remarkable landscape where past and present intersect. Look at the wall of…

The four thousand year journey through time along the large scale burial mound field filling the western plain of Bahrain Island has now reached its conclusion. The thousands of stone hills that passed before your eyes were not…